YACOUBA-ISSA v. CALIS

No. 19-1343.

22 F.4th 333 (2022)

Souleymane YACOUBA-ISSA, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Daniel CALIS, Jr., Superintendent, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 10, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth Greenberg , with whom Janice Bassil , James Budreau , and Bassil & Budreau, LLP, were on brief, for appellant.

Eva Marie Badway , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Maura Healey , Attorney General, was on brief, for appellee.

Before Lynch, Selya, and Barron, Circuit Judges.


In 2011, following a jury trial in Massachusetts Superior Court, Souleymane Yacouba-Issa was convicted of first-degree murder under Massachusetts law and sentenced to a prison term of life. Yacouba-Issa appealed his conviction in state court based on, among other grounds, a claim of race-based discrimination in jury selection...

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